Everton are really gonna struggle this season. They shouldn’t be looking this evenly matched to Sheffield Utd
I don't really know what you are expecting from Evertons midfield. It's all workers the only one who offers anything remotely different on the ball is McNeil and that's only because he has a wand of a peg.
1-1.City is basically gonna win this EPL with ease, while they're in a rebuild
The issue wasn’t even going forward, it was the fact that Sheffield were able to counter press and overrun their midfield for majority of the game despite the fact that they’re all workers, like you said. A team with ball winners and runners like Everton should at least be able to contest with Sheffield but they were second best for most of the match.
VAR is a joke ting